The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-07-04
RAILWAY MATTERS.



General Ticket Agent Flanders, of the
Boston & Maine, has recently issued an or
uer making the new 1000 mile tickets good in
the hands of the bearer. They were at first
non-transferable. Mr.. Flanders order makes
~ possible to sell them, lend them or give
thein away. 1t has been decided, however,
That but one person can travel on the same
ticket at the same time.
Inc Westinghouse steam brake is being
put on the Boston d Maine locomotives.
AN IMPORTANT RAILROAD BILL.
Inc tenth section of the Anterior bill,
providing for the union of the Central rail-
ROAD OIL New Hampshire, as amended, will
provide that the new corporation may take
stock, loan money, or guarantee bonds or
notes and take security by mortgages of the
railroads and their franchises or otherwise,
90 lar as It may be necessary, to construct an
extension of the Pemigewasset Valley rail-
road to Fabyan's and an extention of the
Boston, Concord and Montreal railroad to
Coiebrook, and thence to the Canada line,
and also an extension Of the Whitefeld and
Jefferson railroad to Berlin, and thence up
the Androscoggin and Magalloway Valleys,
ana any other branch or extension Of the
Montreal railroad that is already or may be
hereafter chartered, or may be authorized by
the general laws of the State, and may unite
with or lease the same. Pending proceedings
for the union Of corporations provided for in
tine Dill, the Montreal railroad is authorized
70 take stock in the Upper Coos road and in
the extension of the Jefferson line, or raise
money Dy bonds or notes to pay for said
STOCK, or lease the same to said Coos Rail-
road and to the corporation in control of the
extension OF the Jefferson route for the pur-
pose OF constructing their respective roads,
ana the concord road is authorized to guar
antee said bonds o. notes, and the said Coos
and Jefferson corporation are authorized to
mortgage their respective roads to secure
and indemnify said Montreal and Concord
Railroad, which liabilities and obligations
such new corporation when formed is au-
thoriZed to assume and to take and hold all
Concord corporations, or the said new cor
porati0n when formed shall immediately
proceed to take stock or raise money as
above authorized to aid in the construction
OF the Coos road and the extension of the
Jefferson road or either Of them, upon their
requests and rendering the security above pro-
yided In case the said Montreal and Concord
corporations, or the said new corporation
when formed, shall refuse or neglect to fur
nish the aid above directed to be by them
forwarded, after the request and tender
aforesaid, so that by reason of such refusal
or neglect there shall not be at the end of
TWO years after such request or tender rail-
road completed and fit for doing business
thereon, extending from Groyeton or North
Stratford to Colebrook, and there shall not
be an extension of said Jefferson Railroad to
Berlin, then in either event all the rights of
said Montreal and Concord Roads and said
new corporation under this act shall cease
ARoosTooK SHORT LINE.
Northern Aroostook is getting red hot over
the proposed Short Line railroad. Meetings
for discussing the question were held yester-
day in New Sweden. at the Capitol, at Carl
bou and in Woodland. The meetings were
addressed BY. q. Hayford and Hon. L. Z.
PaTkhurst OF Maysyille; DR.. G. III. Freeman
and j. B. Hall of Presque Isle; George w.
Collins Of Bridgewater and others